21. Welcome to Dubrovnik - Turistička zajednica grada Dubrovnika

he photographic eye» perhaps«T sees the reality more clearly,precisely and profoundly than we can dowith a naked eye immersed in everydaylife. We thus re-examine the presentmoment of Dubrovnik’s reality seeingit through a photographer’s lens, eye,thought and heart in order to get aclearer picture of ourselves, and in orderto see better the face which we show toother people.In this issue we present the prestigiousphotographer of Zagreb, DamilKalogjera, who has served as theofficial photographer of the DubrovnikSummer Festival for several years now.Born in 1962, Damil Kalogjera beganto publish his photographs already atthe age of seventeen. Soon after that hisname began to appear in the renownedCroatian magazines. Kalogjera residesin Zagreb, but – according to thatwhich one can learn about him withoutmeeting him in person – he is a citizenof the world. His interests includearchitecture, theatre and dance, aswell as studio, fashion, applied, traveland documentary photography. Hecollaborates with various visual artists,portrays musicians and composers on aregular basis, and takes photographs ofsailing regattas. Kalogjera’s connectionwith Dubrovnik - which began in hischildhood - continued with his acceptingthe post of the Dubrovnik SummerFestival’s official photographer, andwith his exhibitions of photographs thattestify to the time and circumstances inwhich the festival’s artistic programmeis performed.- One could say that you are not a guestin the City. Do you think that the onewho comes to Dubrovnik for the firsttime as a guest always remains its guest,because – as someone mentioned – thestone heart of the City is reluctant toopen up? Or, that an artist feels at homewherever spiritual realms open up forhim? Do you feel Dubrovnik to be sucha place for you?It is difficult to define this never-endingconnecon between the City and me. Mygrandpa hails from the village of Čilipi, sothat the City has never been a geographicconcept for me, as long as I canremember. Dubrovnik and I are good pals.And one should look for the stone heartkey in his own heart. My collaboraonwith the Dubrovnik Summer Fesvalis, of course, an addional value in thisrelaonship, an entrance cket for thespace of interwoven values of that whichit is, and of that which each of us can – ifhe manages to touch it – create.- Human faces seem to be one ofyour favourite themes. Which faceof Dubrovnik would you choose tophotograph in order to share yourexperience of the City with a visitor,traveller and tourist?48 DOBRODOŠLI U DUBROVNIK LJETO 2011.